Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Thermo Fisher Scientific4 days ago
Eindhoven, NetherlandsSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement comprehensive automated and manual testing strategies.
- Develop and maintain test automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and TOSCA.
- Evaluate complex software systems across multiple platforms, including API, backend, database, and performance testing.
- Use tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, JIRA, ALM, qTest, JMeter, and LoadRunner to support testing and reporting.
- Ensure software quality, compliance, user experience, and validation standards in regulated environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across different time zones and lead testing initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement in the software development lifecycle through documentation, analysis, and reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree plus five years of experience, or an advanced degree plus three years of experience, in software quality assurance.
- Preferred study in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Expertise in automated and manual testing, API testing, backend validation, database testing, and performance testing.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or JavaScript.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure and with microservices architecture.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD tools, GxP compliance, and software validation in regulated environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, documentation, and reporting abilities.
- Ability to work independently and lead testing initiatives.
- Industry certifications such as ISTQB, CSTAS, or CPTA are advantageous.
Benefits
- Standard Monday-Friday work schedule.
- Office-based work environment.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific builds analytical instruments, lab equipment and consumables, specialty diagnostics, and provides pharma services (CDMO and clinical research) for biotech, pharma, academic, and healthcare customers. It earns revenue through product sales, e-commerce distribution (Fisher Scientific), and contract services under brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Patheon, and PPD. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (TMO) and was created by the 2006 merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific.